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name: "Niki Waltl"
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fi1m_id: "niki-waltl"
tmdb_id: 3403848
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
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updated: "2026-10-03T02:56:03.997219+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Niki Waltl

## Identity

Niki Waltl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/niki-waltl
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** niki-waltl
- **TMDB ID:** 3403848
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3403848

Cinematographer. Born in Kitzbühel, Austria.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3403848

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Navalny*](https://film.one/film/navalny.md) (78)

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## Biography

Niki Waltl is an Austrian cinematographer. He studied direction of photography at the Centre d'estudis cinematogràfics de Catalunya in Barcelona and is a member of the Association of Austrian Cinematographers.

Waltl works on documentary and narrative feature films as well as commercials. His credits include the 2022 documentary *Navalny*, directed by Daniel Roher, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2023.

*Sources: blog.sigmaphoto.com, theasc.com, imdb.com, nikiwaltl.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Navalny* (2022), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/navalny.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Fake Mayor* (2024), Cinematography
- *KURZ* (2023), Cinematography
- *Game Hawker* (2022), Cinematography
- *Navalny* (2022), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/navalny.md)
- *Chasing Microns*, Director of Photography

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